Governor expected at MSU-West Plains celebration today

9:59 AM,
Sep. 16, 2013

Written by

News-Leader staff

WEST PLAINS Gov. Jay Nixon is expected to be at today's 50th anniversary celebration of Missouri State University-West Plains. The event will be held at noon in the Student Recreation Center at the corner of Garfield Avenue and West Trish Knight Street.

The celebration will still include a short ceremony, picnic lunch and cake. Free T-shirts will be given to the first 400 people who arrive, and several prizes, including an iPad, will be given away.

The celebration marks the exact date 50 years ago that Missouri State-West Plains opened its doors as the West Plains Residence Center at the West ...